Where does “anhängen” come from?

anhängen (German) comes from German an, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- — on, onto.

anhängen (German): To hang, to make something linger while fixed at

Definitions

  1. To hang, to make something linger while fixed at

Ancestry of “anhängen”, step by step

anhängen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germananon; upon; at; in; against; by; near; close to;...
2Middle High Germanānewithout
3Old High Germanānawithout
4Proto-West Germanicanaon
5Proto-Germanic*an—
6Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via German hängen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhängento hang; to be suspended; to be attached to; to...
2Middle High Germanhangen—
3Old High Germanhangento hang
4West Germanic*hangēn—
5Proto-Germanichangānąto hang, to be suspended
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱenk-to hang

Words derived from “anhängen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ana →Every word from Proto-Germanic *an →